And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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Gill's Exposition
And I heard a great voice out of heaven,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, "out of the throne",
saying, behold…
Barnes' Notes
And I heard a great voice out of heaven - As if uttered by God himself or the voice, of angels. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men - The tabernacle, as that word is commonly used in the…
Adam Clarke
The tabernacle of God is with men - God, in the most especial manner, dwells among his followers, diffusing his light and life everywhere.
We have here a more general account of the happiness of the church of God in the future state, by which it seems most safe to understand the heavenly state.
I. A new world now opens to our view (Rev…
Cambridge Bible
A Voice from Heaven of Blessing and Judgement, Rev 21:3-8
3. out of heaven Read, out of the Throne; cf. Rev 19:5.
the tabernacle of God i.e. the Shechinah, the divine Presence, see on Rev 7:15. So in…
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